AI model news: releases, price changes and outages
Every model release, price change and official incident we track, newest first. Each item links to its official source.
November 2026
- OpenAI status: elevated error rates across paid ChatGPT plansNovember 4, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
October 2026
- xAI status: Grok degradation on grok.com, the Grok apps, Imagine and VoiceOctober 30, 2026 · Official incident · xAI · Source ↗
- xAI cuts Grok 4.7 Batch API price by 20%October 29, 2026 · Price change · xAI · Source ↗
- Mistral cuts Mistral Large 4 price to $0.70 / $2.10 as it releases the open weightsOctober 29, 2026 · Price change · Mistral · Source ↗
- Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon, available first to cyber defenders and trusted partnersOctober 28, 2026 · Release · Google · Source ↗
- OpenAI status: degraded model performance for GPT-6.1 SolOctober 27, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: elevated errors for Claude Sonnet 5.5October 27, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: elevated errors for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (second incident)October 27, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Terra at $1 / $5 per million tokensOctober 26, 2026 · Release · OpenAI · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: elevated errors for Claude Sonnet 5.5 and other modelsOctober 25, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: elevated errors for Claude Fable 5.1October 25, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: elevated errors for Claude Fable 5.1, Sonnet 5.5 and Haiku 5.5October 24, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: elevated errors for Claude Opus 5.5October 24, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: elevated errors for Claude Fable 5 and Fable 5.1October 24, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- xAI status: degraded model performance on the global API (api.x.ai)October 24, 2026 · Official incident · xAI · Source ↗
- OpenAI status: elevated ChatGPT conversation and Responses API errorsOctober 22, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
- OpenAI status: elevated error rates for GPT-5.6 Luna API requestsOctober 21, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
- OpenAI status: elevated FedRAMP API error rates for GPT-6 Astra and SolOctober 21, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: degraded performance for Claude Fable 5October 21, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- OpenAI status: degraded performance in ChatGPT, Codex and the APIOctober 20, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
- DeepSeek updates V4.1 Flash (V4.1-Flash-1017): same model name and priceOctober 17, 2026 · Price change · DeepSeek · Source ↗
- DeepSeek status: Web/API partially unavailable (V4 Pro and V4.1 Flash API)October 15, 2026 · Official incident · DeepSeek · Source ↗
- OpenAI status: degraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT WorkOctober 14, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
- OpenAI status: limited availability on gpt-image-2.5-flare and gpt-image-2.5-sunburstOctober 14, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
- Gemini 4 Argon released for everyone: API price $2 / $10 until Nov 30, then $4 / $20October 13, 2026 · Price change · Google · Source ↗
- OpenAI status: degraded performance on GPT-6.1 Sol in Codex and Work modeOctober 13, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
- xAI replaces SuperGrok with The X Subscription: new prices $8 Plus, $30 Premium, $100 Super, $200 UltraOctober 12, 2026 · Price change · xAI · Source ↗
- OpenAI status: elevated errors with GPT-5.6 Instant in FedRAMP workspacesOctober 8, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
- Claude Haiku 5.5 released at $0.10 / $0.50, 90% below Haiku 4.5October 7, 2026 · Release · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Anthropic cuts Claude Sonnet 5.5 cache-read price to $0.10 (from $0.20)October 7, 2026 · Price change · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: some organizations wrongly paused for spend limits, API and Claude.ai requests refusedOctober 7, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- OpenAI status: degraded performance in Codex and Work mode (turn failures, delayed responses)October 7, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: elevated errors for Claude Opus 5.5October 6, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- OpenAI status: elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations and image generationOctober 6, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
- Mistral Large 4 released in public previewOctober 6, 2026 · Release · Mistral · Source ↗
- Google releases Nano Banana 2.1 image model ($0.0336 per 1K image in the Gemini API)October 6, 2026 · Release · Google · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: elevated errors for Claude Mythos 5.1 and Fable 5.1October 5, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
September 2026
- Gemini 4 Argon announced (limited partner access only)September 30, 2026 · Release · Google · Source ↗
- OpenAI status: elevated latency for some API requests (Chat Completions and Responses)September 30, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
- GPT-6.1 Sol releasedSeptember 29, 2026 · Release · OpenAI · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code and the Claude APISeptember 29, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- OpenAI status: elevated errors across ChatGPT, Codex and the APISeptember 29, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 releasedSeptember 28, 2026 · Release · Anthropic · Source ↗
- OpenAI status: elevated error rates on GPT-6 Astra ProSeptember 24, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
- Claude Opus 5.5 releasedSeptember 22, 2026 · Release · Anthropic · Source ↗
- GPT-6 Sol and Luna releasedSeptember 22, 2026 · Release · OpenAI · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: elevated errors for multiple models (Fable, Mythos, Opus 5)September 22, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Grok 4.7 releasedSeptember 21, 2026 · Release · xAI · Source ↗
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash releasedSeptember 10, 2026 · Release · DeepSeek · Source ↗
- OpenAI status: elevated errors across ChatGPT and CodexSeptember 3, 2026 · Official incident · OpenAI · Source ↗
- GPT-6 Astra releasedSeptember 3, 2026 · Release · OpenAI · Source ↗
- Gemini 3.8 Flash releasedSeptember 2, 2026 · Release · Google · Source ↗
- Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 releasedSeptember 1, 2026 · Release · Anthropic · Source ↗
August 2026
- Anthropic status: elevated errors on requests to multiple modelsAugust 20, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: degraded performance for Claude Opus 5 and Haiku 4.5August 19, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: degraded performance for multiple modelsAugust 18, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: degraded performance for Claude Opus 5 and Sonnet 5August 17, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: service disruption on Claude servicesAugust 16, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Anthropic status: elevated errors for Claude Fable 5August 14, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Gemini 3.7 Flash releasedAugust 13, 2026 · Release · Google · Source ↗
- DeepSeek V4 Pro generally availableAugust 13, 2026 · Release · DeepSeek · Source ↗
- ChatGPT update: improved GPT-5.6 Sol; Luna becomes default for Free and GoAugust 6, 2026 · Release · OpenAI · Source ↗
July 2026
- OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Terra and Luna pricesJuly 30, 2026 · Price change · OpenAI · Source ↗
- Claude Opus 5 releasedJuly 24, 2026 · Release · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite releasedJuly 21, 2026 · Release · Google · Source ↗
- GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna generally availableJuly 9, 2026 · Release · OpenAI · Source ↗
- Claude Fable 5 access restored globallyJuly 1, 2026 · Release · Anthropic · Source ↗
June 2026
- Claude Sonnet 5 released; export controls on Fable 5 liftedJune 30, 2026 · Release · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Anthropic suspends Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers after a US export-control directiveJune 12, 2026 · Official incident · Anthropic · Source ↗
- Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 releasedJune 9, 2026 · Release · Anthropic · Source ↗
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